Jazz Articles about Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Oscar Peterson: City Lights: The Oscar Peterson Quartet – Live in Munich, 1994

by Mike Jurkovic
December 5, 2024

The first big challenge presented by the latest grand release from the Oscar Peterson archives, City Lights: The Oscar Peterson Quartet--Live in Munich, 1994 is how not to spontaneously burst into dance, either with yourself or some total stranger who happens to be within five miles of earshot of the ecstatic opener, “There Will Never Be Another You." The second challenge is not to interrupt the listening experience of others with wild, joyful whoops, hollers, and well-intentioned hyperbole.